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Superhero Bits: ‘Infinity War’ Breaking Opening Day Records, ‘Venom’ Trailer Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/April 26, 2018 5:00 pm EST Would you like to see a team-up of Shuri from Black Panther and Spider-Man? What international box office records has Avengers: Infinity War already broken? Which comic book movie did Dave Bautista see six times in theaters? What alternate Marvel role would Tom Hiddleston like the chance to play?...

Superhero Bits: New Guardians Of The Galaxy Member, Teen Titans Come To LEGO Dimensions & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 13, 2017 5:00 pm EST Would you like to see Gotham star David Mazouz play Damian Wayne in the DC Extended Universe? Which Agents of SHIELD star will be directing an episode for the fifth season? What was the original title for X-Men? Who will be a new member of the Guardians of the Galaxy in Marvel Comics?...

The Morning Watch: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Easter Eggs, ‘Collateral’ Video Essay & More By Ethan Anderton/April 30, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, see if you caught some of the Easter eggs and comic book references scattered throughout Avengers: Infinity War....

The Morning Watch: ‘Rick And Morty’ Prank Call, ‘Stranger Things’ Character Introductions & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 7, 2017 5:00 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland prank calls Joel Osteen’s church in Texas completely in character as the perpetually drunk but brilliant Rick....

The Weird Connection Between ‘Home Alone’ And ‘Friends’ By Jacob Hall/Dec. 30, 2016 2:00 pm EST Shared universes are all the rage these days, but did you know that both Friends and Home Alone were years ahead of the curve, meticulously building a single wacky comedy world that contains both the shenanigans of Kevin McCallister and the hijinks of Rachel Green and her buddies? Eh. Not really. But as a new video points out, there is an amusing connection between the beloved 1990 film and the popular NBC sitcom that could convince a delirious mind otherwise....

Video: Step Inside Dwayne Johnson’s Insane Portable Movie Set Gym By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 17, 2017 12:30 pm EST On the set of Johnson’s upcoming movie Skyscraper, Johnson celebrated wrapping production with an inside tour of his portable gym. Johnson posted a video on Instagram from the Vancouver set of Skyscraper with the caption: My final day in Vancouver… sending a huge thank you to the hundreds of hard working crew responsible for always setting up my #IronParadise aka my traveling carnival in every location I film at....

‘American Gods’ Season 2 Teaser: Filming Begins On A “Darker,” And “More Dangerous” Season By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 30, 2018 11:30 am EST It must be divine providence, because American Gods is finally coming back to our TV screens. After the first season of the Starz fantasy series made a splash in 2017, the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s beloved novel experienced some behind-the-scenes conflicts that resulted in showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green departing the series and Jesse Alexander taking the helm....

‘Batman Ninja’ Anime Arrives In 2018 From ‘Afro Samurai’ Creator By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 1, 2017 1:00 pm EST While DC Entertainment is just beginning their expansion into standalone live-action films featuring the most popular superheroes from DC Comics, the DC Universe Original Movies from Warner Bros. Animation are have been bringing some of the biggest comic book storylines to life for the past decade. Soon fans will see a Victorian spin on The Dark Knight in Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, and now we have word of Batman getting an anime makeover in another animated feature....

‘Fast And Furious 9’ Pushed Back To Easter Weekend 2020; ‘Trolls 2’ To Valentine’s Day By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 4, 2017 11:35 am EST The next Fast and Furious is going to take its sweet time zooming into theaters. Universal Pictures is reorganizing its movie slate with a push for 2020, with the Fast and Furious 9 release date getting moved back from 2019 to Easter 2020 while Trolls 2 gets an earlier date from its original spring 2020 release....

‘The Lost Boys’ Almost Had An End Credits Scene By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 23, 2017 2:00 pm EST Before superhero movies made the after credits scene cool, The Lost Boys nearly did it first. The original script for The Lost Boys almost had a different ending — one that was eventually moved to a tag that would roll after the credits. But that Lost Boys end credits scene was eventually cut and the ending was lost to the ether....

‘The Shape Of Water’ Behind-The-Scenes Feature Reveals New Footage Of The Sexy Fish-Man By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 5, 2017 7:30 am EST Guillermo del Toro is one of our best living filmmakers, and he’s about to release his masterpiece, The Shape of Water. A Cold War romance about a woman falling in love with a fish-man, The Shape of Water is a lovely monster movie the likes of which only del Toro could make....

‘Top Gun 2’ Gets A New Writer, Still On Track For July 2019 Despite Tom Cruise Inury By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 29, 2017 1:30 pm EST Since a sequel to Top Gun has been in development for years, we won’t really believe it’s happening until the cameras are rolling. But for now, with director Joseph Kosinski set to direct the film with a July 2019 release date, this is the closest Top Gun 2 has ever been to becoming a reality....

‘World War Z 2’ Close To Locking Down David Fincher To Direct But Still Needs A Greenlight By Ethan Anderton/April 27, 2017 6:00 am EST Late last summer, we heard that Brad Pitt was hoping to wrangle his Se7en, Fight Club and Curious Case of Benjamin Button director David Fincher to get behind the camera for the gestating sequel to the zombie pandemic thriller World War Z. Since the project didn’t really feel like Fincher’s cup of tea, especially after he publicly discussed his displeasure directing Alien 3 all the way back in 1992, we didn’t think this would ever come to fruition....

‘Y: The Last Man’ FX Series To Star Barry Keoghan, Diane Lane, And More By Ben Pearson/July 11, 2018 12:07 pm EST Earlier this year, the seemingly impossible happened: FX actually ordered a pilot for a TV adaptation of writer Brian K. Vaughn and artist Pia Guerra’s beloved comic book Y: The Last Man. The project had been kicking around Hollywood for over a decade, flirting with a movie version several times before eventually finding a suitor on television at FX....

Chris Evans Thinks Robert Downey Jr. Will Leave Marvel Before He Does By Jack Giroux/April 5, 2017 3:00 pm EST After the fourth Avengers film, Chris Evans’ contract with Marvel is done. Whether it’ll be the last we see of the actor as Captain America, we’ll have to wait and see. Over a year ago, when asked about starring in more movie Marvel films, Evans said, “If Marvel wants me they got me,” but it’s worth noting Marvel President Kevin Feige has teased these upcoming Avengers films as a new beginning of sorts....

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s ‘Gremlins’ Vinyl Soundtrack Reacts To Sunlight & Water By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 18, 2016 5:00 am EST If you’ve seen Joe Dante’s tongue-in-cheek Christmas horror flick Gremlins, then you know the three key rules about taking care of the little furry creatures known as Mogwai. Keep them out of bright lights, especially the sun. Never get them wet. And don’t ever feed them after midnight. However, when it comes to the new Mondo Gremlins vinyl soundtrack, you can break two of those rules without any repercussions....

Daily Podcast: Good Movies That Should’ve Been Better, X-Men, Avengers, Ozark, MoviePass, Bond, Gremlins & More By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 16, 2017 8:30 am EST On the August 16, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Ben Pearson and Brad Oman join Peter Sciretta to discuss the latest news, including X-Men: Dark Phoenix casting, Samuel L Jackson’s MCU future, Ozark season 2, MoviePass, James Bond casting watch, Gremlins 3, and Louis C.K’s secret film....

Daily Podcast: Quentin Tarantino, J.J. Abrams, April O’Neil, Gone Baby Gone By Ben Pearson/Feb. 2, 2018 4:30 pm EST On the February 2, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the latest movie news, including Roman Polanski being a character in Quentin Tarantino’s newest movie and the role Tom Cruise may play in that film, J....

FX’s ‘Fargo’ Rounds Out Season 3 Cast With Michael Stuhlbarg, Scoot McNairy & More By Angie Han/Dec. 20, 2016 12:00 pm EST Still more folks are headed up to the icy cold plains of Fargo. The FX series is rounding out its season 3 cast with a slew of new additions including Michael Stuhlbarg, Scoot McNairy, Shea Whigham, Karan Soni, Fred Melamed, and Thomas Mann. Click through for all the latest details on the Fargo season 3 cast, including which characters these stars will be playing....

Hi-C’s Ecto Cooler Is Getting Discontinued Again By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 2, 2016 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here’s the post from the official Ecto Cooler Facebook page: That means we’ll see Ecto Cooler discontinued yet again after being around for a little more than half a year. More than likely this was always meant to be a temporary re-release of the flavor, but I don’t know why Coca-Cola doesn’t just keep it around all the time now....